Nathan Wolek

The rocket is over 300 feet tall and towers high above the low coastal vegetation. The sky is clear, but grayish-blue. 3/3

Video description: A live feed from Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, January 17. The extra large Artemis II rocket sits atop a slow moving platform that will take 10 hours to transport the rocket from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B. 2/3

YouTube video by NASA NASA's Artemis II Live Views from Kennedy Space Center

If you need some slow TV as a distraction today, I recommend watching Artemis II roll out to the launch pad. Unfortunately, the soundtrack is underwhelming. 1/3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrVn...

🎥 Postcards from Canaveral — Screening Today!
If you missed the premiere in New Smyrna Beach, catch it on Values Day here in DeLand!

📍 Tri-C (Cross-Cultural Center) — 145 E Michigan Ave
🗓️ Today, Nov. 13 | 5:30–7:30 PM
🎬 Postcards from Canaveral screens around 6–6:30 PM

And if the county council is truly interested in avoiding waste, the right decision is to approve the grants. Because anything less at this point means you have wasted hundreds of hours of your local citizens' time. 6/6

We choose to live in a county that shares our commitment to the arts.

If the county council is uncomfortable by certain programs, that should have been in the application guidelines from the outset. It is unacceptable to change the criteria this late in the grant process. 5/6

I am not directly affiliated with any of these organizations, meaning I do not hold any leadership position and did not aid with any proposals before the council. But I have collaborated with a few and my family and I participate in events programming by more. 4/6

Please take a minute to review it and appreciate the hundreds of hours these 30+ organizations spent on their proposals to get to the September council meeting. Their process started in April. They attended workshop, drafted proposals, presented documentation, and answered questions. 3/6

Locals on FB are sharing the Beacon article, which details how the council meeting transpired. I would instead like to direct attention to the county web page that details the process for awarding these grants. 2/6

Found here: www.volusia.org/services/com...

Logo of Volusia County Florida. Above the text at the bottom, there is a 3-color graphic that depicts the sun on a horizon.

For those outside of Volusia, our county council recently pulled funding for arts organizations. These were local grants made to local organizations using local tax dollars. 1/6

Sitting on set in armchairs during our interview. The anchor and I are discussing something and gesturing with our hands. Anchor Stephanie Rivas sits on the left, while myself, Marvel Olson, and Chaylee Martin are lined up on the right.

The anchors paused for a picture with us behind the news desk. The front of the desk has the "Good Day Orlando" logo and its surface if reflective. From left to right are anchor Stephanie Rivas, student Marvel Olson, anchor Danielle Knox, me, student Chaylee Martin, and anchor Amy Kaufeldt.

Visited our local morning TV news program to talk about Young Sound Seekers and Stetson University. Glad I was joined by Marvel and Chaylee, who shared their perspective as students working on this experiential learning project.

Watch the video here: www.fox35orlando.com/video/1717599

I hope you leave this video and with a better understanding of my love for the best classroom in Central Florida."

An excerpt from my comments last night. Thanks to everyone for all the memories. 4/4

You can stand on top of Turtle Mound in the morning to listen to the dawn chorus, or sit on the porch at Eldora in the evening to bask in the sunset.... 3/4

Where else can you stand on the shore and listen to rhythm of the waves wash over you, then take a short walk over to the lagoon, drop a hydrophone off the dock, and reveal another world of sound. 2/4

Dr. Nathan standing at a podium in the ACA Harris Theatre. Members of the audience in the first two rows can be seen in the foreground with their backs to the camera. On the screen behind me is the title card for our documentary, Postcards from Canaveral. The subtitle reads "an audio tour by Young Sound Seekers."

"Canaveral National Seashore is the best classroom I've ever worked in. Every time I lead a Young Sound Seekers excursion or take students from Stetson, I am filled with gratitude that we have a place like Canaveral nearby. 1/4

Text at the opening reads, "What will you be taking from Stetson's Young Sound Seekers Programs?" The students in order are Isabella Colombo, Michaela Hawthorne, Alexia Kagambega, & Chaylee Martin. 3/3

Media description: Video of Stetson student speaking about their experiences with Young Sound Seekers. These testimonials are intercut with shots of them working in the field with kids from Conklin Davis. 2/3

YouTube video by Stetson University Stetson Students Featured in Local Documentary

🌊🎥👂 TONIGHT! Join us for the premiere of Postcards from Canaveral at the Atlantic Center for the Arts main campus (New Smyrna Beach). Doors open 6:30, Event starts 7:00 P.M. Our planned program should last about an hour. 1/3

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IWn...

🔊🐦🌊 Waves, wildlife, wind. Discover the soundscape of Canaveral in Postcards from Canaveral. Film premiere Sept. 26, 7 PM @ Atlantic Center for the Arts. Free event. Bring a friend!

✨👂 Experience Canaveral through the ears of Young Sound Seekers. Postcards from Canaveral premieres Sept. 26, 7 PM @ Atlantic Center for the Arts. Free & open to the public. Join us next Friday IN ONE WEEK!

🌊🎥 Don’t miss the premiere of Postcards from Canaveral! Sept. 26, 7 PM @ Atlantic Center for the Arts (NSB). A 26-min film celebrating the voices & soundscapes of Canaveral Nat’l Seashore. Free & open to all!

The article mentions approval for 44 launches and landings per year. When they receive final approval, I am genuinely scared what that will do to the #soundscape at #Canaveral. 2/2

'The turtles and the nudists will have to migrate': SpaceX plan for Starship launches from Florida sparks debate among Space Coast residents Worries include broken windows and impacts to the local environment, tourism and fishing industries.

Looking past the clickbait headline, this is really worrisome. Starship is orders of magnitude louder than the current rockets that liftoff from KSC. #canaveral #soundscape 1/2

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This tracks with my story. People outside academia are always confused why I moved from Florida to Hawaii, then back to Florida a year later. Short answer: tenure-track position near family.

Watch Pointless | Prime Video A game show where contestants aim to score the fewest points possible by guessing the least popular answers given by people in polls on various subjects.

Pointless is streaming on Prime in USA! My favorite UK game show. If I told you about this show when I got back from Scotland, check it out!

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Thank you, Brian! Adding this to the resource links for my #SoundDesign students this semester.

Listen up for the true call of a bald eagle. Not what you typically hear from movies & TV. #bioacoustics #SoundDesign 👂 🦅

Sousa decries the loss of “human skill, intelligence, and soul”. He was provoked by phonographs & player pianos.

But in the end, his motivation was the same: Creative control, copyright, & getting paid. 2/2

These anti-AI tropes are far older than 1980s synths. Don’t forget this gem by Sousa in 1906 writing against “the multiplication
of the various music-reproducing machines.” 1/2

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Special thanks to the community partners: Canaveral National Seashore, Conklin Davis Center For the Visually Impaired, and Stetson University. This film was funded by a grant from the National Park Service.
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